Showing posts with label brad pitt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brad pitt. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Fox Searchlight has moved up the release date of director Steve McQueen’s (Hunger, Shame) next drama Twelve Years a Slave from December 27th to October 18th. The move was prompted by very positive feedback from test screenings, and the film, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch and Brad Pitt will receive a limited release in October, a launching pad for Oscar season.
Twelve Years a Slave hits theatres October 18th
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Fox Searchlight announces that Steve McQueen's follow-up to Hunger and Shame will debut as a limited platform release on December 27th, 2013 and will increase theatres into the new year.
"Twelve Years a Slave is based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life."
2012 saw a great deal of filmmakers tackle slavery, most famously Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino, but McQueen's more nuanced approach to the subject has promise and the excellent cast headlined by Ejiofor, Fassbender and Pitt can only add to the intrigue. Mark this as one to watch for.
"Twelve Years a Slave is based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life."
2012 saw a great deal of filmmakers tackle slavery, most famously Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino, but McQueen's more nuanced approach to the subject has promise and the excellent cast headlined by Ejiofor, Fassbender and Pitt can only add to the intrigue. Mark this as one to watch for.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Part of a continuing series about the most talented pairings of filmmakers today. On deck, Brad Pitt and David Fincher.
The players: David Fincher and Brad Pitt
The works: Se7en, Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Remember when Brad Pitt was just "the good looking guy from Thelma and Louise"? David Fincher, known for tackling darker material, snapped him up and made him into one of the most talented, if underrated, leading men of his generation. Whether he's playing the enigmatic Tyler Durden, the head-strong Detective Mills or the understated Benjamin Button, Fincher is behind the scenes in some of Pitt's best performances.
Read more at GotchaMovies!
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Friday, November 30, 2012
Two overwhelmed pseudo-gangsters (Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendehlson) managed, by the skin of their chattering teeth, to take the score. Money is hard to come by in this small town, so the concept of robbing a card game populated by made-men doesn't seem as insane as it would during a better economy. You see they had a scapegoat sitting pretty to take the fall in Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta), the head of the games who managed to pull this same scam years earlier.
These two men however are not long for this world though, Jackie Cogan has been sent to restore confidence to the board. Jackie's services are soon to be required by a corporate board left reeling after the card game left most wealthy men in the city with pockets emptied. Those men want to make sure their money never gets taken again and Cogan can guarantee that.
The scale of Killing Them Softly is considerably smaller than Dominik's last effort, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Rather than focus on a historic figure bordering on mythic, this tale centers on a hitman. This particular hitman, Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt), prefers to strike from a distance, like an act of God. Anything else just gets too emotional.
Cogan prides himself on delivering services in a humane manner—or as humane as it can be for killing them.
Some have said that Killing Them Softly is a rebuke of the last two presidential administrations, but it is much more simple than that. This is a tale about crisis of faith. Whether that money be in a Wall Street institution, or placed in the hands of a man like Trattman. Cogan understand these complaints, a contract killer isn't a murderer anymore, he's a small business. Even the act of putting out a hit has been corporatized, a liaison (Richard Jenkins) must agree to approve any charges that Jackie incurs.
For as often as these moments are hammered home, the overall effect of Killing is uneven. Moments of harsh brutality and cynicism are undercut with grandiose, stylistic shots. Yet even with the occasional overreach on behalf of Andrew Dominik, the ace cast and nuanced performance of Brad Pitt make for a solid genre outing (the last line is one that stays with you out of the theatre). This image of a downtrodden America where even the underground is skimping on dollars.
***/****
Friday, November 9, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Surely, there are those of you who are more than tired of seeing posters line the top seven posts of NMPF on a regular basis, but this one simply couldn't be ignored. Contrast this with the one-sheet released for Parker and you will know exactly what I'm talking about.
Killing Them Softly comes out November 30th
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Part two of a continuing series of movie rules (part one can be found here).
Brad Pitt eats... a lot.
A visitor from a foreign land will inevitably save the new land.
Young partners in cop films die, horribly.
The Golden Gate bridge must be destroyed!
Revenge is a dish served over and over again.
Orphans always find families.
Johnny Depp must always have the most interesting hat.
Weddings must be freaked out about, until the last fifteen minutes.
If a single women survives a horror film, chances are she was actually the killer as well.
If a child dies in the movie, then the mother stops wearing make-up.
Grown men can't handle children, especially single ones.
Mousy girls are hot when you take off their glasses and pull out their ponytail.
Police captains never have control over their staff.
After a calamity occurs, a child looks out from behind a viewfinder.
In horror films, when the camera cuts from a wide shot to a close shot to a wide shot again, someone is lurking behind the character.
Children always peek at an impending disaster using a scope.
As an important game gets closer to ending, it gets much quieter too.
Doctors are out of reach whenever they are needed most.
Courtney Love is usually a whore.
Damning evidence is always left around as an afterthought.
Cash is never exchanged in stores.
All rural gas stations are ran by weirdos.
Also, they have the Confederate flag hanging in a prominent area.
Con men always fall for a con.
If there's a heist, there's a montage.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
If you ever wondered what Wall Street would be like with Michael Shannon as Gordon Gekko, A Clockwork Orange with Rooney Mara, or Brad Pitt in Eraserhead, wonder no more. The New York Times has answered all of these questions and more.
(Courtesy: The New York Times)
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